Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide

The Health Connect Reader actor represents a system that is requesting an Health Connect Directory details for a particular practitioner from the Health Connect system.

This CapabilityStatement resource defines the expected capabilities of the Health Connect Reader actor when conforming to this implementation guide. The complete list of FHIR profiles, RESTful operations, and search parameters supported by Health Connect Reader actor are defined in this CapabilityStatement. The requirements of the HealthConnect Reader actor may also be impacted by the rules of local jurisdictions or other contextual requirements.

Search HealthcareServices or PractitionerRoles by whether they are available all day.

Search HealthcareServices or PractitionerRoles by availability end time.

Search HealthcareServices or PractitionerRoles by availability start time.

Search HealthcareServices or PractitionerRoles by days of week availability. Supports multiple days using OR logic.

Search for Endpoint resources by payloadMimeType.

Search for Endpoint resources by address (URL).

Search an Endpoint record by its HC identifier.

Search for Healthcare Service resources by billing information.

Search HealthcareServices or PractitionerRoles by supported languages/communication methods. Shared across HealthcareService and PractitionerRole.

Search for Location resources by amenities.

Search for Location resources by postal address components.

Search a Practitioner record by their official name.

Search a Practitioner record by their preferred name.

Search a Practitioner record by their recorded sex or gender.

Search a Practitioner record by their registered profession using string values.

Search a PractitionerRole record by their role type.

Search a Practitioner record by their Professional Registration Number.

This profile defines content for describing details of an endpoint.

This profile of HealthcareService represents a particular type of health or health related service offered by a healthcare organisation at a particular location i.e. a practice, clinic, facility, or hospital. The authoritative source for healthcare services is the healthcare provider organisation that provides the service(s).

This profile defines a healthcare location (can also be referred as 'location') reflects the place, a site of care i.e. a practice, clinic, hospital, or facility at which healthcare services are provided by the healthcare organisation. The healthcare location can be a physical, mobile, or virtual location. In certain cases, a healthcare location can also represent a site of care within the hospital or building premises such as consulting room, operating room, outpatient room, unit, ward (e.g. maternity ward), department (e.g. emergency department) etc.

This profile defines a provider directory entry for an organisation.

This profile defines Healthcare Provider Individual details who is delivering health related services.

This profile defines a practitioner in role for an organisation at a location providing a healthcare service.

This profile of Provenance is used to record an activity performed by the HC service (conditionally on behalf of a participating organisation when the target element references a HC Organization resource) whereby specific data elements of a HC Organization or HC Practitioner resource have been initially retrieved, updated or verified from an external system of record.

This profile of Location represents an Australian geographic coverage area i.e. postcodes where this service is provided. For a healthcare service, that is provided through a physical location but have eligibility restrictions applicable in terms of only residents for certain postcodes/suburbs can receive this service, then the details of coverage area and eligibility should be provided here.

This identifier profile defines a unique identifier allocated to a healthcare endpoint, in a Health Connect provider directory context.

This identifier profile extends the AU HPI-O profile to include an organization classification extension to indicate whether the organization is a 'seed' or 'network' type.

This identifier profile defines a Healthcare Support Service Provider Organisation in an Australian context. An HSP-O is assigned under the HI Service to a service (in-home care support and personal care services) where healthcare is provided. A HSP-O can only be of 'seed' type. An Organization cannot be assigned both an HPI-O and an HSP-O; only one identifier is assigned by the HI Service.

Identifier for a healthcare service as allocated by PCA.

This identifier profile defines a professional registration number allocated to a healthcare practitioner, in a Health Connect provider directory context.

This identifier profile defines a SMD target identifier allocated to a healthcare practitioner, in a Health Connect provider directory context.

Indicates whether the healthcare service is accepting new patients. Patterned after PCA New Patient Availability extension.

Context of Use: HealthcareService

The period during which the HealthcareService is considered active in the Health Connect directory. Patterned after PCA Active Period.

Physical features or amenities available within, or in close proximity of, a location. Patterned after PCA Amenity.

Indicates the IAR (Initial Assessment and Referral) Levels of Care for a healthcare service. Patterned after PCA IAR Levels of Care extension.

Context of Use: HealthcareService

Codes from: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/CodeSystem/hc-iar-levels-of-care

Extension to record whether an organisation's HPIO is a 'seed' or 'network' type in the HI service.

Health Connect Practitioner Role Communication. This extension captures communication preferences and capabilities for a practitioner in a given role.

This extension applies to PractitionerRole, and represents a name by which a practitioner chooses to be known in the context of the delivery of a specific healthcare service.

Preferred postal/mailing address for correspondence (PO Box or mailing address) that is distinct from the registered physical address.

Referral instructions and information for healthcare service providers that may wish to refer patients / clients to the healthcare service. Modeled after PCA but for Health Connect context.

A value set of amenities or facilities available at or near Health Connect locations.

The Australian Endpoint Payload Types value set enumerates well known endpoint payload types.

The Health Connect Australian Service Interfaces value set enumerates well known service interfaces that can be used for specifying a connection type.

A value set of gender identities recognised by Health Connect.

All codes from the Health Connect IAR Levels of Care CodeSystem are for use in the context of the hc-iar-levels-of-care extension.

The Health Connect ValueSet referencing the HC Organization Classification CodeSystem (seed, network).

The Health Connect value set for service delivery location role types, based on PCA's ValueSet but with HC context.

The Health Connect value set for service eligibility, modeled after PCA's eligibility value set. Codes represent eligibility requirements for healthcare services.

The HC Service Provision Code value set includes values that may be used to identify the service provision condition of a healthcare service in HC.

A code system for amenities or facilities relevant to Health Connect (HC) locations.

The Endpoint Payload Types code system defines concepts that identify well known endpoint payload types.

The Australian Secure Message Service Interfaces code system defines concepts that identify service interfaces for secure message delivery.

The Health Connect IAR Levels of care code system defines concepts for the levels of care that the service provides, as defined by the National Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) for Mental Healthcare Guidance (IAR Guidance) and IAR Decision Support Tool.

Internal code system that describes whether an organisation is a 'seed' or 'network' type used by Health Connect.

Health Connect code system for service eligibility, modeled after PCA's eligibility code system. Codes represent eligibility requirements for healthcare services.

The HC Service Provision Code code system defines a concept (in addition to those defined in Service Provision Conditions Australian Concepts that may be used to identify the service provision condition of a healthcare service in HC.

Example of a Health Connect endpoint with SMD target identifier for secure messaging.

An example Aged Care Facility that conforms to Health Connect Organization - Organization profile.

An example of Location that conforms to Health Connect Location - Service Coverage Area profile.

An example of Location that conforms to Health Connect Location - location profile.

An example of a virtual Location (telehealth service) that conforms to the Health Connect Location profile. This is a virtual/telehealth service and therefore does not include a physical address that conforms to HealthConnect Location - location profile.

Example of a practitioner record with PRN type identifier from the HC (Health Connect) system that serves as the source for provenance tracking that conforms to Health Connect Practitioner - Practitioner profile.

An example of a HealthcareService with Medicare provider number that conforms Health Connect HealthcareService - HealthcareService profile.

An example of practitioner Helen Mayo at Down under hospital that conforms to Health Connect Practitioner - Practitioner profile.

An example of a practitionerrole with Medicare provider number that conforms Health Connect PractitionerRole - PractitionerRole profile.

Example showing provenance tracking when a practitioner's family name is updated in the Health Connect directory from an external source system. This demonstrates how specific data elements can be tracked for audit and compliance purposes that conforms to Health Connect Provenance - Provenance profile.

Example demonstrating provenance tracking when a practitioner's phone number is updated in the Health Connect directory from an external source system. This shows how telecom data elements can be precisely tracked using FHIRPath expressions for granular audit trails that conforms to HealthConnect Provenance - Provenance profile.